Sam Kemp ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>Does anyone know which of Haydn's masses are classified as the "late
>masses"? And does anybody have a preferred cycle of these that they could
>recommend to me?
The last five:
Bb: Missa Sancti Bernadi von Offida, 'Heiligenmesse' 1796
C: Missa in tempori belli, 'Kriegsmesse' or 'Paukenmesse' 1796
Dm: Missa, 'Nelson' 1798
Bb: Missa, 'Theresienmesse', 1799
Bb: Missa 'Scho"pfungmesse', 1801
Bb: Missa, 'Harmonienmesse', 1802
The 1960s Argo cycle (George Guest and David WIllcocks) still holds up well
IMHO and Willcocks' Nelson is my favourite, along with Pinnock's. Haven't
heard another (and I have most of them) to match these two.
Deryk Barker
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